any of various grasses that grow in tuftlike clumps
Word origin
[1835–45]This word is first recorded in the period 1835–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: crosshead, daisy chain, ecumenical, hot plate, hybridize
Examples of 'tussock grass' in a sentence
tussock grass
Here, padding the floor of a bleak cave with tussock grass, they recuperated for five days, feasting on stewed albatross.